Halie Olson
@HalieOlson
Postdoc @mit studying toddlers, brains, and language.
I'M so thrilled to be here!!
So thrilled to be able to host @HalieOlson at @CVLneuro for a spectacular talk on Language in the Developing Brain. The upside is now we have an excuse to hang out and chat and write for the rest of the week 🧠
Check out our new preprint on incorporating special interests into neuroimaging in autism! With incredible collaborators @HalieOlson @kineticjohnson and @gabrieli_john! biorxiv.org/content/10.110… Quick 🧵
So grateful that I had the opportunity to with with this amazing group ❤️
Thank you so much to the FIT'NG Trainee Committee of 2023-2024 for all your efforts this past year!🌟
Thrilled that this wonderful paper is finally out - a journey we started pre-pandemic in 2018 with @HalieOlson and @kineticjohnson. Although seemingly intuitive, the results of this paper were a surprise to us authors in many ways. 🧵below:
So excited this paper is finally out! 🎉 A wonderful collaborative effort (started in my 1st year of grad school) with @aniladmello @kineticjohnson and @gabrieli_john to study how kids' brains respond to stories about their interests: doi.org/10.1162/imag_a…
So excited this paper is finally out! 🎉 A wonderful collaborative effort (started in my 1st year of grad school) with @aniladmello @kineticjohnson and @gabrieli_john to study how kids' brains respond to stories about their interests: doi.org/10.1162/imag_a…
1/ Really excited to share: Language in Brains, Minds, and Machines w @Nancy_Kanwisher @ev_fedorenko @AnnualReviews We survey the insights that language models (LMs) provide on the question of how language is represented and processed in the human brain. rb.gy/8afztv
This has been such a rewarding project with the BEST team ❤️❤️❤️
1/10 In April of 2020, weeks into the shutdown, @HalieOlson, @gabrieli_john, and I initiated an email conversation under the subject “A bad idea”—which, by the end, was optimistically reworded to “Not a bad idea.”🧵
So fun to chat about this project that I worked on with the fabulous @aniladmello @kineticjohnson and @gabrieli_john 🧠 Thanks so much for having me, Adani!
NEW EPISODE and NEW HOST!! 🥳 Welcoming Adani to the team, 1st year PhD student. Listen to his interview with the amazing @HalieOlson on the psychology of being interested in something. stanfordpsychologypodcast.com/episodes/episo…
So grateful for this amazing group! ❤️
NEW EPISODE and NEW HOST!! 🥳 Welcoming Adani to the team, 1st year PhD student. Listen to his interview with the amazing @HalieOlson on the psychology of being interested in something. stanfordpsychologypodcast.com/episodes/episo…
Get ready for an incredible experience at #FITNG2023 conference! 🚀🎉 🎯 Calling all presenters! 📣 The FIT'NG Trainee Committee has you covered with 15-minute 'office hour' slots to boost your poster presentation game. Sign up here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…
🗓️ Save the date! Don't miss out on our upcoming session of "The Basics: functional MRI" series featuring the brilliant Dr. Halie Olson, Dr. Cat Camacho and Marta Korom. 📅 Tuesday, July 25th at 11:30 am (EDT), we'll be diving into the fascinating world of functional MRI! 🧠
So grateful for the opportunity to do science with such hardworking, creative, and awesome undergrad students!
📣 Congratulations to this year's Outstanding UROP Mentor Award recipients @NavidAzizan , Prof. Basima Tewfik, @HalieOlson, and Kathryn Yammine! 🥳
This postdoc position is ideal for folks interested in pediatric f/s/dMRI / impacts of preterm birth on brain dev / longitudinal MRI / fMRI during movie-viewing! Feel free to reach out w/ Qs. Apply by June 8th!
We (me and @hil_richardson) want to hire a cog. neuroscientist to work with us on the paediatric MRI work package of an MRC-funded programme studying preterm birth, neurodev., and cognition. It'll be exciting! 4-year post. Ad. closes 8th June. jobs.ac.uk/job/CZS847/res…
I'd like to solve with an "L" for lucky for whoever gets to work with Anila!!
Any new PhDs want to solve the puzzle? Looking to hire a SFARI-funded postdoc to apply fMRI to study the cerebellum, cognition, and autism. More info here: utsouthwestern.edu/education/grad…
Any new PhDs want to solve the puzzle? Looking to hire a SFARI-funded postdoc to apply fMRI to study the cerebellum, cognition, and autism. More info here: utsouthwestern.edu/education/grad…
So grateful for all the support along the way and excited for all the science still to come! 🧠
Congratulations to Dr. @HalieOlson on a successful PhD thesis defense last Monday! 🎓🥳🍾 Her thesis, titled "Development of language in the minds and brains of children," was advised by @rebecca_saxe and @gabrieli_john. We are so proud of you, Halie!!
Pumped to post our preprint w/ co-first authors @HalieOlson & @kineticjohnson, 5+ years in the making 🎉 We find that personal interest significantly affects the response to language stimuli in the brain, in both neurotypical and autistic children! biorxiv.org/content/10.110… (1/2)
6 yrs ago @Nancy_Kanwisher @SamNormanH & I decided to study early cortical responses to music & speech. I am excited to announce that our paper, “Preliminary evidence for selective cortical responses to music in one-month-old infants” has been published! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
The Saxe Lab at @MIT (PI: @rebecca_saxe) is hiring for ✨2✨ post-bac positions: a lab manager and a lab tech! I have been the lab manager for two years and it has been a wonderful experience (see why in 🧵). * Apply at: bit.ly/saxelabmanager & bit.ly/saxelabtechnic…!
If you have a toddler and would be interested in getting a picture of their brain, consider participating in my study @MIT w/ @rebecca_saxe and help us learn how toddlers’ brains process language! 🧠 Sign up link: bit.ly/mitkidsbrains @mitbrainandcog and @mcgovernmit
